Dennis Alan (Denny) SMITH

(1938- )

SMITH, Dennis Alan
(Denny), (cousin of Steven Douglas Symms), a Representative
from Oregon; born in Ontario, Malheur County, Oreg., January 19,
1938; graduated from Grant Union High School, John Day, Oreg.,
1956; B.A., Willamette University, Salem, Oreg., 1961; United
States Air Force, 1958-1960, 1962-1967; Oregon Air National Guard,
1960-1962; co-pilot/flight engineer, commercial air line,
1967-1976; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the
four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-January 3, 1991);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Second
Congress in 1990; chairman, Eagle Newspapers, Salem, Oreg.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present